DJ LeMahieu’s resurgence continues with walk-off hit in extras as Yankees beat Blue Jays

DJ LeMahieu’s return to relevance continued Sunday with a game-winning single in the bottom of the 10th.

And the Yankees put their mid-season slump further in the rearview mirror.

LeMahieu’s latest big hit came against a drawn-in five-man infield after Trent Grisham moved free runner Anthony Volpe to third with a sacrifice bunt to start the inning.

LeMahieu, slumping all year, had a career-high six-RBI game Wednesday against the Phillies and continued his turnaround Sunday to end a 4-3, 10-inning win in The Bronx.

“That was a really good one,” Aaron Boone said of the victory. “To be able to outlast them was big.”

The victory was the Yankees’ seventh in the last eight games and they’ve now won three straight series to stay in a tie with Baltimore atop the AL East.

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They don’t play a game against a team with a winning record again until Aug. 20, when they host the AL Central-leading Guardians, who currently have the best record in baseball.

In a game that was delayed by rain for nearly two hours before the bottom of the eighth, there was plenty of help from the trade deadline newcomers, as Mark Leiter Jr. got the final out of the ninth and retired Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer to start the top of the 10th before he hit Daulton Varsho with a pitch.

He recovered to whiff Alejandro Kirk. LeMahieu took care of the rest.

“It was one of those games where we had some chances and finally put it away,” LeMahieu said.

To his point, the Yankees were 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position and left 14 runners on base before LeMahieu’s game-winner.

Down 2-0 in the sixth, the Yankees got production from the bottom half of the lineup, with singles by Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Volpe to open the inning followed by a double-steal.

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Grisham’s bouncer to first scored Chisholm to make it 2-1 and move Volpe to third for LeMahieu, whose sacrifice fly tied the game.

Juan Soto put the Yankees ahead with his 28th homer of the season, an opposite-field shot to the visiting bullpen in left-center.

Gerrit Cole also delivered a mostly encouraging start in his first appearance since being scratched Tuesday with general body fatigue and having his start pushed back five days.

That came with the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner coming off a rough outing against the Mets.

Cole allowed two runs in 5 ²/₃ innings.

“I think we’re playing better baseball and getting rewarded for it,” Cole said. “It’s probably best we keep our heads down and keep moving forward.”

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The afternoon got off to a rough start for the Yankees, who left the bases loaded without scoring in the bottom of the first.

And Cole faltered in the second, as Toronto had four straight hard-hit balls off the right-hander to start the inning in what turned into a two-run inning.

Guerrero opened the third with another double off Cole, but was thrown out at third when he made a half-hearted attempt to steal.

Cole then settled down. After Guerrero’s double, he retired 10 of the next 11 batters he faced and didn’t allow another hit before being pulled in the sixth.

In the top of the eighth, Tommy Kahnle gave up a routine fly ball to left-center by Joey Loperfido to lead off the inning.

Grisham was in position to make the catch, but with Aaron Judge charging over from left, Grisham dropped the ball for a two-base error.

A pair of one-out walks loaded the bases and Clay Holmes entered and gave up a game-tying sacrifice fly to Kirk.

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